Events
What is the name of the AU initiative to stop the spread of the Sahara Desert?
The Great Green Wall
Who is known to be the leader of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa?
BONUS: Name another leader of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
Nelson Mandela
BONUS: Desmond Tutu, Oliver Tambo, etc.
Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders (was/were) arrested during protests.
were
What is apartheid?
A system of laws in South Africa that kept white and Black people separate and gave more power and rights to white people.
Name a success of the Anti-Apartheid Movement.
Mandela was released from prison and multiracial democratic elections were held.
Who is known to be the leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the US?
BONUS: Name another leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King Jr.
BONUS: Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, etc.
If women (not protest) for the right to vote, the 19th Amendment wouldn’t have passed.
had not protested
What is expansion?
What happened at the occupation of Alcatraz (a famous prison) during the American Indian Movement?
Native Americans took over a small island off the coast of California to defy the government.
Wangaari Maathai (a Kenyan environmental activist) was the first woman in Africa to win which prestigious award?
Rachel Carson, (who / that / which) wrote Silent Spring, inspired the modern environmental movement.
who
What is a strike?
When workers stop working to demand better pay, conditions, or rights.
What is one way workers gain power and influence?
Through forming unions, collective bargaining, strikes, protests, etc.
What is name of the 22-year old activist from Sweden?
BONUS: What does she advocate for?
Greta Thunberg
BONUS: Climate change
Governments often pressure Indigenous groups in Africa (assimilate) to modern systems.
to assimilate
What is a treaty?
A formal agreement between two or more countries
What is one way a movement has helped and one way they have not helped
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Name one African feminist and explain why they are a feminist.
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Rephrase "Workers in the Gold Coast were treated poorly by their British colonizers" into the active voice.
British colonizers treated workers in the Gold Coast poorly
What is discrimination?
When someone is treated unfairly or differently because of things like their race, gender, age, or religion.